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Employment services will advise and guide you in applying for a job.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region is responsible for providing services to individuals whose home municipality is Kokkola, Kannus, Perho, Kaustinen, Halsua, Lestijärvi, Toholampi, or Veteli. Once you have registered as a job seeker in the employment services, the assistance and guidance services for job seekers provided by the employment services will help you apply for and find work that matches your competence. The employment services will arrange an initial interview for you, if possible, within five working days of the start of your job search. The initial interview will analyse your situation and you will receive an employment plan. In the interview, you and the expert will discuss what kind of jobs you could apply for or whether you need to acquire training or change fields. The initial interview will also assess your service needs. The assessment of service needs is a key part of supporting your employment and directing you to services. Your service will be selected according to what best helps you find employment. The employment services will organise a job search discussion with you every three months after the initial interview or the previous job search discussion. Between them, you apply for work independently or participate in services promoting employment in accordance with the employment plan. Even if you are not a customer of employment services, you can receive guidance and advice on job-hunting from the national general advisory service for personal customers or the chat service.

How to use it

When you need general advice on job-hunting, being a customer of employment services, public services promoting employment, the use of Job Market Finland or the E-services of employment services, call the national general advisory service for private persons or start a discussion in the chat.

Conditions

You are a job-seeking client in employment services.

Where and how to get help

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Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto, Asematie 1

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Advice and guidance to job seekers

Employment services will advise and guide you in applying for a job.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

How to use it

Conditions

You are a job-seeking client in employment services.

Where and how to get help

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto · Visit in person

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto, Asematie 1

Showing up to five channels per service. Additional channels are available on the official service pages.

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Advice and support during changes and dismissal

Employment services assists you as the employer when your organisation needs to adjust its activities, often related to reducing personnel.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region acts as the labor authority in the region of Central Ostrobothnia and provides employment services to the area's job seekers, employers, and businesses.

How to use it

When you need advice in situations of personnel changes and reduction, you can * leave a contact request through the E-services of employment services of the company and the employer, * call the company and employer customer advisory service number, or * contact the change security specialist in your area. If your organisation falls within the scope of the Act on Co-operation within Undertakings, you must provide the employment services with information on any change negotiations that will begin and which may lead to the personnel being part-timed, laid off or terminated. The employment services of the organisation’s area of economic activity must be informed of the starting change negotiations either by email or in paper form. After this, the employment services will contact your organisation and provide services suitable for the situation of change. The employment services of the organisation’s area of economic activity must be informed of the starting change negotiations either by email or in paper form.

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Discretionary expense allowance

Employment authorities may grant you discretionary expense allowance.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Where and how to get help

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto · Visit in person

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto, Asematie 1

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Asematie 1 69100

Phone: 358 68745111 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Työmarkkinatorin henkilöasiakkaan chat · Website

Chatista saat apua verkkopalvelujen käyttöön liittyvissä kysymyksissä.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Kuntalaisneuvonta · Visit in person

Palvelupaikassa opastetaan yleisesti Toholammin kunnan palveluita ja ohjataan oikean viranomaisen luo.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Lampintie 5 69300

Phone: 358 401505200 · Puhelusta peritään tavanomainen pvm/mpm. Ei maksullinen palvelunumero.

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Perhon kunnan Asiointipiste · Visit in person

Asiointipisteessä saatavilla lomakkeita ja asiointipisteeseen voi jättää Kelan hakemuksia.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Keskustie 2 69950

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Harkinnanvaraisen kulukorvauksen maksatushakemus · Form

Käytä tulostettavaa lomaketta, jos et voi käyttää asiointipalvelua.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, Finnish

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Employment services for employers

Employment services help employers find and recruit suitable employees.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region acts as the labor authority in the region of Central Ostrobothnia and provides employment services to the area's job seekers, employers, and businesses.

How to use it

You can post a job advertisement on JobMarket-website after logging into the service with online banking credentials or a mobile certificate. When you create a job advertisement, JobMarket will suggest suitable job seekers for the position. You can also report an open job using an online form. An announcement submitted on a weekend or public holiday will be processed on the next business day. In the Company's and Employer's E-service, you can browse ongoing employment training or submit a contact request to employment services.

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Job Market Finland's e-services for employers and entrepreneurs · Online service

In the Business E-services section, you can post job advertisements, interact with the employment authority, and complete a business plan.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Independent studies of an integration client

Independent study is an option for the employment services integration training. It may also facilitate your integration.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region acts as the labor authority in the region of Central Ostrobothnia and provides employment services to job seekers, employers, and businesses in the area. Independent study is useful if the employment services cannot offer you a place in integration training or you can find some other training that is better suited to your needs. Sometimes independent study can help you find work and integrate faster. You may look for a place of study yourself, or the employment services may offer you a place of study for independent training. Please note that if the employment services offers you a place of study, you must start and complete the training in order to be eligible for an unemployment security. Independent study can be * completion of comprehensive school, * preparatory education for upper secondary school, * preparatory vocational education, * qualifying studies (e.g. physicians) or * Finnish or Swedish language studies. Illiterate people may have the opportunity to complete a short introduction training to Finnish society in their own language. In addition to education, the studies may involve an internship or voluntary activities. The main study language must be either Finnish or Swedish. Language studies must include at least 20 hours of weekly education. The employment services makes a decision on whether you can receive unemployment security for the duration of your studies. The supported period is determined on the basis of the studies’ duration, and the maximum period of unemployment security for one training is 24 months. However, the support period for completing basic education may be as long as 48 months.

How to use it

Sometimes the employment services may send you forms related to starting and supporting your studies. Follow the instructions you receive and return the forms at least two weeks before you start your studies. If the decision is positive, a new integration plan will be prepared for you, outlining your studies and related obligations. If the decision is negative, the employment services will send you a notification letter.

Conditions

If necessary, you must provide a report on the progress of your studies. If you apply and are accepted to an independent course, the extent of which is at least 20 hours a week, notify an expert of the employment services immediately. You must pay any course fees yourself. If you interrupt the studies, the payment of unemployment security might be interrupted.

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Independent studies with unemployment benefit

As a customer of employment services, you can receive unemployment security.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The Central Ostrobothnia Employment Services is responsible for providing services to individuals whose home municipality is Kokkola, Kannus, Perho, Kaustinen, Halsua, Lestijärvi, Toholampi, or Veteli. As a customer of employment services, you may be entitled to an unemployment benefit, also known as unemployment security, for independent full-time studies. Independent studies mean taking part in education provided by an educational institution. Student selections should also be decided by the educational institution. An unemployment benefit society or the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) will pay you unemployment security for the duration of your studies on the basis of a statement issued by employment services. In other words, you must be a jobseeker in employment services and entitled to unemployment security. If a decision has been made to support your studies, you will receive daily unemployment allowance, labour market subsidy or an increase during your studies. You can receive support for studies for a maximum of two years. You have to be a full-time student. Studies are usually considered full-time when they aim at completing a degree or other studies the extent of which is on average the minimum of 5 credits or 4.5 ECVET points a month, or 25 hours a week. Please note that the decision on possible support should be received, in principle, before the studies commence, and support will not be granted for studies which have already started. However, applying for a student place will not affect your unemployment security. If the studies you have planned are not accepted as independent studies eligible for unemployment security, contact the employment services to check if you can complete short-term or part-time studies instead. They do not affect your unemployment security, if you are prepared to take on full-time work during your studies.

How to use it

When you are planning to study independently, contact an expert of the employment services by submitting a contact request in the E-services online service, for example. You will have to agree on the studies in the employment plan drafted with the expert before the commencement of your studies. The expert will assess your educational needs and the significance of studies for your employment. You may receive unemployment security for studies you started earlier if at least a year has passed from the disruption of your studies, or if your studies started during a period when you received financial benefits paid by the employer, or if you started the studies as vocational labour market training. When you receive a student place, ask the educational institution to fill in the form The education provider’s statement on planned studies. Fill in the form Arguments for a need of training, and submit the completed forms to the employment services. Once the employment services has received the forms, it makes a decision on supporting studies. As a student receiving support, you have to report to the employment services on the progress of your studies, for example. If the employment services and the party paying the unemployment security do not receive the information they require, your entitlement to an unemployment security may expire, and you may have to pay back the security already paid to you. Notify the employment services of the temporary discontinuation of studies. Notify as soon as possible, as you will be spending your support time until you inform them of the interruption. Dropping out of studies requires a valid reason, such as long-term work, long-term sick leave or family leave. For example, a holiday period of the educational institution is not considered a valid reason. An expert of the employment services will consider the validity of the reason you presented. Remember to inform the employment services also when your studies continue after a temporary break. If you have been absent from your studies without an acceptable reason, you will no longer be entitled to unemployment security.

Conditions

You can receive unemployment security for independent studies only if an expert of employment services assesses that * you need training, * the studies would significantly improve your chances of finding employment and * the studies are the best way to promote your employment. In addition, * you must be a jobseeker in employment services, * you must be entitled to unemployment security, * you must be at least 25 years old and * the studies must meet the relevant criteria. When independent study with unemployment security has begun, please note that you also have certain obligations. You must * participate in teaching, * progress in studies, which means that you must gain an average of 5 credits per study month in higher education studies, and in other studies, proceed in accordance with the education or study plan (on average, 3 credits per month or 4.5 ECVET points per month or at least 25 hours per week), * report the progress of studies as agreed to the employment services, * notify the employment services if the studies do not proceed as planned, the studies are interrupted or discontinued, or you start full-time work that lasts more than two weeks, * announce the completion of studies, * present a certificate of completed studies at the request of the local government pilot and * apply for work as agreed in the employment plan, which in principle is to apply for three places during each three-month review period in the case of studies lasting more than one month (does not apply to full-time reading and writing skills training).

Where and how to get help

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto · Visit in person

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto, Asematie 1

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Asematie 1 69100

Phone: 358 68745111 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Kuntalaisneuvonta · Visit in person

Palvelupaikassa opastetaan yleisesti Toholammin kunnan palveluita ja ohjataan oikean viranomaisen luo.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Lampintie 5 69300

Phone: 358 401505200 · Puhelusta peritään tavanomainen pvm/mpm. Ei maksullinen palvelunumero.

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Perhon kunnan Asiointipiste · Visit in person

Asiointipisteessä saatavilla lomakkeita ja asiointipisteeseen voi jättää Kelan hakemuksia.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Keskustie 2 69950

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Job Market Finland's “E-services” section for personal customers · Online service

The 'E-services' section is the electronic transaction channel of employment services at Job Market Finland.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Studying while unemployed · Website

Information about study opportunities for unemployed job seekers.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Integration plan

The purpose of the integration plan is to support your integration and help you achieve your employment goals.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region is responsible for providing services to individuals whose home municipality is Kokkola, Kannus, Perho, Kaustinen, Halsua, Lestijärvi, Toholampi, or Veteli. The purpose of an integration plan is to support your integration in Finland. It agrees on Finnish or Swedish language studies that correspond to your study skills and skills and on participation in services that promote employment that best suit your situation. The plan can also include an agreement, for example, on reading and writing courses, or participation in further education on the Finnish society. Employment services will start preparing an integration plan no later than two weeks after the initial assessment has been carried out for you. You prepare an integration plan together with an expert from employment services. The first plan is drawn up for at most one year, and it is revised as agreed. The maximum duration of the integration plan is 2 years. However, in some cases the maximum period may be extended by two years.

How to use it

First check if you can register as a jobseeker at the employment services. Once you have registered as a jobseeker, the employment services will contact you either by telephone, e-mail or letter and indicate when the integration plan will be drawn up. If necessary, the employment services will obtain interpretation.

Conditions

An integration plan can be drawn up for you at the employment services, if * you are an unemployed jobseeker * you have a valid residence permit, residence card or registration of a right of residence * your first residence permit or residence permit card was issued no more than 3 years ago or your right of residence was registered no more than 3 years ago * you are able to participate full-time in measures and services promoting your integration and employment. You are not entitled to an integration plan if: * you are staying in Finland with a visa or visa-free, i.e. you are, for example, in seasonal work or as a tourist, * you are waiting for your first residence permit decision, * in addition to Finnish citizenship, you have the citizenship of another state; or * you are a Finnish citizen and you move back to Finland after years of absence. Citizens of Nordic countries and their family members are entitled to an integration plan if they have lived in Finland less than 3 years and there is a need to draw up a plan for them.

Where and how to get help

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto · Visit in person

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto, Asematie 1

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Asematie 1 69100

Phone: 358 68745111 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Kuntalaisneuvonta · Visit in person

Palvelupaikassa opastetaan yleisesti Toholammin kunnan palveluita ja ohjataan oikean viranomaisen luo.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Lampintie 5 69300

Phone: 358 401505200 · Puhelusta peritään tavanomainen pvm/mpm. Ei maksullinen palvelunumero.

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Perhon kunnan Asiointipiste · Visit in person

Asiointipisteessä saatavilla lomakkeita ja asiointipisteeseen voi jättää Kelan hakemuksia.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Keskustie 2 69950

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Vetelin kunnanvirasto · Visit in person

Vetelin kunnanvirasto palvelee kansalaisia, yrityksiä ja viranomaisia. Virastolla voi asioida mm. hallinto- ja talousasioissa sekä lupa-asioissa.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Kivihyypäntie 1 69700

Phone: 358 505790100 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Halsuan kunnanvirasto · Visit in person

Kunnan tarjoamat palvelut, ilmoitustaulu, asiointipiste

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Kauppisentie 5 69510

Phone: 358 406802211 · pvm/mpm

Halsuan kunta →

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Job coaching

A job coach will guide and support you personally in searching for a job and finding employment.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region is responsible for providing services to individuals whose home municipality is Kokkola, Kannus, Perho, Kaustinen, Halsua, Lestijärvi, Toholampi, or Veteli. If you need personal help and guidance for looking for a job or choosing a field of study, job coaching is a service that suits you. Job coaching is tailored to your needs. With the job coach's support, you will discover and make visible your competence and strength in the labour market. You can get support from a job coach when * you are looking for a job or study place, * you write a job application, * you prepare for an interview and * you enter into an employment relationship. Job coaches have information on the employment situation in different sectors, and they are in contact with different employers. If you do not get the job after contacting the employer or submitting a job application, the coach will analyse the application situation with you. When you have found a suitable job, the job coach can help you get started at the workplace. Before the parties enter into an employment relationship or at the beginning of the relationship, a job coach may also assist an employer who is applying for a subsidy from the local government pilot or considering the need for a subsidy for arranging working conditions. Your job coach will also support you when the job includes training that improves your professional skills, that is * you begin apprenticeship training during which your employer receives a pay subsidy or * you work with the help of a pay subsidy and participate in training organised by the employment services the employment relationship. The duration and content of the coaching will be agreed upon before the coaching starts. You can receive personal job coaching for up to 50 hours a year.

How to use it

Agree on participation in job coaching with an expert of a employment services.

Conditions

You can participate in job coaching once you have registered as a job seeker in the employment services and discussed your participation with an expert of a local government pilot. The coaching is particularly suitable for you if your unemployment has been prolonged or you need special support for finding employment.

Where and how to get help

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto · Visit in person

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto, Asematie 1

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Asematie 1 69100

Phone: 358 68745111 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Kuntalaisneuvonta · Visit in person

Palvelupaikassa opastetaan yleisesti Toholammin kunnan palveluita ja ohjataan oikean viranomaisen luo.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Lampintie 5 69300

Phone: 358 401505200 · Puhelusta peritään tavanomainen pvm/mpm. Ei maksullinen palvelunumero.

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Perhon kunnan Asiointipiste · Visit in person

Asiointipisteessä saatavilla lomakkeita ja asiointipisteeseen voi jättää Kelan hakemuksia.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Keskustie 2 69950

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Job Market Finland's “E-services” section for personal customers · Online service

The 'E-services' section is the electronic transaction channel of employment services at Job Market Finland.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, Finnish

Job Market Finland's E-services advice →

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Job Market Finland's E-services advice · TelephoneService

Job Market Finland's E-services advice service provides advice and instructions for using the Job Market Finland online services.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 295025505 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Job search coaching

You can study and increase your job-seeking skills in job-search training.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The Central Ostrobothnia Employment region acts as a labor authority and offers coaching to individuals whose municipality of residence is Halsua, Kannus, Kaustinen, Kokkola, Lestijärvi, Perho, Toholampi, or Veteli. Job-search training provides you with support and guidance for your job search. In job-search training, you will learn to * search for work in a goal-oriented and independent manner, * use the job-search channels that are best suited for you, and * assess your competence and formulate it into a job application and a CV. During the job-search training, you can also enroll in certification training. After the training, you will be more competent in finding information about workplaces, employers and the labour market. The training also provides you with information on how companies recruit staff. The development of job-search skills comprises independent information seeking, discussions of your own competence with the instructor or other participants, as well as writing a job application and a CV under guidance. During the training, you will actively apply for jobs. Job-search training is free of charge and takes 1 to 10 days. Trainings are organised both online and on-site in a private service provider's locations.

How to use it

You can submit a contact request through the JobMarket E-service online, by calling the regional service number, or by visiting the employment services office.

Conditions

The training is particularly suitable for you, if you have sufficient training or work experience for finding employment, but your job-search documents need updating and you want up-to-date information on the labour market.

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Joining the EURES network

All businesses and third sector organisations are welcome to join the network as EURES members or partners.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

All businesses and third sector organisations are welcome to join the network as EURES members or partners. The network membership is granted on application by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland. EURES (European Employment Services) is a recruitment and employment service covering the EU and EEA countries. The purpose of EURES is to improve the mobility of labour and increase the availability of skilled workforce. The membership and partnership of the EURES network are open to all businesses and third sector organisations that apply and are accepted to the EURES network. The services offered by the EURES members and partners to jobseekers may include, for example, information on the living and working conditions in the destination country, or support for finding a suitable job and preparing job applications. The services targeted at employers may include, for example, information and advice related to recruiting from other EU or EEA countries, assistance in finding international experts, and other services such as training and relocation services.

How to use it

To become a EURES network service provider, please fill out the form attached to the service description. Deliver the filled out form to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The application process is ongoing and free of charge.

Conditions

Any organisation becoming a EURES member or partner must have a permanent establishment in Finland as referred to in section 13a of the Income Tax Act (1535/1992).

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Labour market training

With the help of labour market training you can develop and complement your skills to match labour market needs.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region acts as a labor authority and organizes labor training in cooperation with the region's education providers. In addition to labour market training, you can apply for recruitment, targeted or change training. They are organised as cooperation between employment services and employers. In special cases, the training may also be * basic education for adults, * studies leading to a higher education degree or * different cards and certificates required at work, such as the food hygiene proficiency certificate, occupational safety card, taxi operating license or professional competence trainings. The labour market training provided by the employment services is targeted at the sectors with the greatest need for employees. If you want to acquire a card or certificate through labour market training, you must be aware of a job where it is required or demonstrate in some other way that the card or certificate will substantially and immediately improve your access to employment.

Conditions

The following points should be taken into account in the selection. * An expert of the employment services must conclude that you have a need for training. * The selected student has to be suitable for the training and for the work that the training aims for. The criteria for determining suitability include the applicable health requirements, as well as the skills and characteristics required by the field or occupation in question. * Your interest and motivation in studying are important for achieving the goals, which is why they should be stated in the application. * Your prior education and training and work experience will also be evaluated, as well as the impact that the training will have on your possibilities of finding a job. * Some of the training programmes are designed for restricted target groups, for example the long-term unemployed, immigrants or certain age groups.

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Organising a work trial at a workplace

As an employer, you can offer a person contemplating their career choices a chance for a work trial at a genuine working environment.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

As an employer, you can offer a person contemplating their career choices a chance for a work trial at a genuine working environment. A work trial is a service that promotes employment, during which a person considering their professional and career options can acquire information to support their career choices. During the work trial, the person works in a real working environment. A work trial is not an employment relationship, and no salary will be paid for its duration. It will also not accrue annual holidays or pension. Usually, the person participating in a work trial receives unemployment security and expense allowance. The duration of the work trial varies, as personal situations and the objectives of the trial are very different. Work trials can help find solutions in situations such as below. * The person participating in a work trial does not have vocational education or training, or they are planning to change fields or occupations. In a work trial, they can find out whether they are interested in the field or profession, or whether a certain field or profession is suitable for them. * The person participating in a work trial has the required competence and they are interested in becoming an entrepreneur. With the trial, they can test what entrepreneurship is in practice and whether they have the characteristics required for it. * The person participating in the trial has been outside the job market for a long period, for example, while being unemployed or on family leave. In the work trial, they can determine whether their competence is up to date. * The person participating in the work trial has previously worked outside Finland. In the work trial, they can learn about the prerequisites they have for finding employment in Finland and the services they might need to promote their employment. The duration of a work trial may not exceed 6 months, and the same person can continue a work trial with the same employer for no more than six months. In a municipality, a work trial can last 6 months, but you can try the same work task for no longer than six months. The daily and weekly working hours of the work trial may vary depending on personal situations. Usually, a contract of 1–3 months suffices. The work trial may at the most take place on five days a week and 4–8 hours a day. If the work in question usually includes shift or weekend work, the work trial may also involve such hours.

How to use it

Notify the employment services of your possibility to organise a work trial in the E-services of JobMarket-website. Describe the task in question. Provide a clear and detailed description of the work duties available to a person interested in the field or profession, or planning a return to work, as well as the working environment on offer. Include information on transport connections to the work place, as well as the working hours. As the participant will not have an employment contract, and the objective of the trial is not to gain work experience, you will not be able to impose competence requirements on the possible participant. In your description, mention the presentation of a criminal record if the work trial includes work with children or young people. The employment services will check the notice before it is published, and request additional information if needed, or inform you if the possibility to arrange a work trial is denied. If the advertised work trial has not led to a work trial contract within three months, and you, the employment services has not removed the notice, an automatic email will be sent to the persons listed as responsible for the work trial. The email will ask you to inform whether the offer of a work trial is still valid, and whether there are any changes to the information you have previously provided. If you do not reply within 14 days, the work trial notice will be removed automatically. When a person wants to come to your organisation for a work trial, you conclude a fixed-term written agreement with the employment services and the person participating in the work trial. The agreement must state * the goals of the work trial, * the time and place of the work trial, * the trial’s daily and weekly duration and total duration, * the tasks that the person participating in the work trial performs during it, * the person responsible for the guidance and supervision of the person participating in the work trial, and * the unemployment benefit's payer to whom you must notify of any absences. The employment services will confirm that the person representing the trial’s organiser is authorised to sign the agreement from the Trade Register, the Register of Foundations or the Register of Associations. You must notify the shop steward of the agreement.

Conditions

You can organise a work trial at your workplace if the organisation you represent is * a company, * a municipality, * an association, * a foundation or government office, or * a workshop. You can also organise a work trial yourself if you are a private entrepreneur. The employment services guides and supervises the trial, and if your organisation is a company, it assesses whether the work trial can give your company an advantage that distorts competition between companies and private entrepreneurs. A possible distortion of competition prevents the work trial. If, as an employer, you negotiate layoffs or dismissals with your employees, it is possible to organise a work try-out if the conditions are met and it is appropriate to organise it. As an employer, you agree that offering a work try-out does not weaken the rights of employees in an employment relationship in situations where you have dismissed, laid off, or made your employees work part-time. The municipality has an obligation to offer employment. A work trial can, however, be organised at a workshop of a municipality or a community of municipalities, or a similar training unit, if the person participating in the work trial will try out assignments which the municipality does not give out to its own employees working under an employment contract, and to which the employer’s obligation to offer work does not extend in accordance with the Employment Contracts Act. The same principles apply to a workshop run by a foundation or association, or a similar training unit.

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Palkkatuki työttömän palkkauskustannuksiin

Työllisyyspalvelut voivat myöntää organisaatioille harkinnanvaraista palkkatukea työttömien työnhakijoiden palkkakustannuksiin.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: Finnish

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

Työllisyyspalvelut voivat myöntää organisaatioille harkinnanvaraista palkkatukea työttömien työnhakijoiden palkkakustannuksiin. Palkkatuki parantaa työttömän työnhakijan ammatillista osaamista ja edistää myös alentuneesti työkykyisen sekä 60 vuotta täyttäneen pitkään työttömänä olleen mahdollisuuksia saada työtä ja osallistua työelämään. Tuki myönnetään ja maksetaan työnantajalle, mutta sen myöntäminen lähtee aina työttömän työnhakijan palvelutarpeesta. Palkkatukea voidaan myöntää * toistaiseksi voimassa olevaan kokoaikaiseen työsuhteeseen, * määräaikaiseen kokoaikaiseen työsuhteeseen, * oppisopimuskoulutukseen, * osa-aikaiseen työsuhteeseen, jos tuen myöntäjä pitää sitä tarkoituksenmukaisena ja se edistää työnhakijan mahdollisuuksia työllistyä. Työllisyyspalvelut arvioi, että tuki on tarkoituksenmukainen keino edistää työttömän työnhakijan työllistymistä ja päättää erikseen jokaisen tukijakson keston ja määrän. Tieto palkkatuesta on kirjattu työttömän työnhakijan työllistymissuunnitelmaan tai palkkatukikorttiin. Palkkatukijakson pituuteen vaikuttaa esimerkiksi palkattavan henkilön työttömyyden kesto ja alentuneen työkyvyn vaikutus työsuoritukseen. Tuki myönnetään useimmiten viideksi tai kymmeneksi kuukaudeksi riippuen palkkatukea edeltävän työttömyyden kestosta. Tuki myönnetään enintään työsuhteen keston ajaksi. 60 vuotta täyttäneen pitkäaikaistyöttömän palkkaamiseen tukea voidaan myöntää enintään 24 kuukaudeksi kerrallaan. Työnantaja, joka palkkaa työttömän työnhakijan, voi saada taloudellista tukea palkkatukena 50 prosenttia palkkakustannuksista. Alentuneesti työkykyisen työllistämiseen voi saada 70 prosenttia tukea. Eräissä tilanteissa yhdistys, säätiö tai rekisteröity uskonnollinen yhdyskunta voi saada palkkatukea 100 prosenttia palkkauskustannuksista. Tukea maksetaan enintään 1260-2020 euroa kuukaudessa tuen myöntöperusteen ja maksettavan bruttopalkan mukaan.Työnantajana sitoudut maksamaan palkkatuetulle työntekijälle työehtosopimuksen mukaista palkkaa tai tavanomaista ja kohtuullista palkkaa, jos sovellettavaa työehtosopimusta ei ole. Palkkakustannuksilla tarkoitetaan työntekijälle työajan tai urakan suorittamisen perusteella maksettavaa ennakonpidätyksen alaista palkkaa. Tuki kohdentuu palkkakustannuksiin, eikä työnantaja voi kattaa tuella palkan sivukuluja tai lomarahaa.

How to use it

Hae palkkatukea hyvissä ajoin ennen työsuhteen alkamista. Voit hakea tukea vain sähköisellä lomakkeella. Työllisyyspalvelut tarkistaa tuen myöntämisehdot ja verotukseen liittyvät tiedot sekä pyytää tarvittaessa lisätietoja ennen päätöstä. Työsuhde voi alkaa vasta, kun palkkatuki on myönnetty. Jos haet jatkoa palkkatuelle, jätä jatkohakemus ennen tukijakson päättymistä. Työsuhteen täytyy jatkua välittömästi siitä, kun edellinen tukijakso päättyy. Asiointipalvelussa hakemuksen voi jättää vain valtuutettu henkilö. Palkkatuessa käytettävä valtuusasia on nimeltään Palkkatuen hakeminen. Valtuutuksen saaneet henkilöt asioivat asiointipalvelussa organisaationsa puolesta Suomi.fi-tunnistuksen kautta. Organisaation puolesta voivat asioida ilman erikseen annettua valtuutta vain henkilöt, joilla on asioiden hoitamiseen olemassa oleva valtuus tai rekisteritietoihin perustuva oikeus. Palvelu tarkistaa asiointioikeuden kirjautumisen yhteydessä. Valtuuden lisäksi asiointipalvelun käyttö edellyttää yhteisöasiakkailta Y-tunnusta. ### Näin haet tukea Hae palkkatukea sähköisesti Työmarkkinatorilla Asiointi-palvelussa yrityksille ja työnantajille -palvelun kautta. Asiointi-palveluun kirjaudut henkilökohtaisella pankkitunnisteella, mobiilivarmenteella tai varmennekortilla. Täytä hakemus ja lisää siihen tarvittavat liitteet asiointipalvelun palveluvalikon kautta. Asiointi-palvelun sisäiset ohjeet helpottavat hakemuksen täyttöä. Palvelusta saapuvat ilmoitukset kertovat tietoa asiointisi eri vaiheista. Sähköisesti asioimalla voit jättää hakemuksen, vastata hakemusta koskeviin täydennyspyyntöihin, täydentää hakemustasi ja vastaanottaa asiaasi koskevat päätökset. ### Näin haet tuen maksatusta Hae palkkatuen maksatusta KEHA-keskukselta asiointipalvelussa tukipäätöksen mukaisesti. Hae tuen maksatusta kuukausittain kalenterikuukauden aikana päättyviltä palkanmaksukausilta. Voit jättää maksatushakemuksen kolmen kuukauden kuluessa tukijakson päättymistä. Hakemus ei vanhene kesken tukikauden. Saat ilmoituksen palkkatuen maksatuksesta asiointipalveluun.

Conditions

Voit saada palkkatukea, jos edustamasi organisaatio on * yritys, * kunta, kuntayhtymä tai hyvinvointialue, tai * muu yhteisö, kuten yhdistys, säätiö, rekisteröity uskonnollinen yhdyskunta tai seurakunta. Tukea ei voida myöntää, jos tuella palkattavan henkilön palkka perustuu vain työn tulokseen, esimerkiksi palkka on pelkkä myyntiprovisio ilman pohjapalkkaa. Tukea ei voida myöntää myöskään työsuhteeseen, joka on alkanut jo ennen päätöstä tuen myöntämisestä. Poikkeuksena tähän on uuden tukijakson myöntäminen, kun uusi jakso alkaa välittömästi siitä, kun edellinen tukijakso päättyy. Palkkatukea ei myönnetä työntekijän vuorotteluvapaan sijaisen palkkaamiseen. Tukea ei myönnetä sinulle, jos tuki vääristää kilpailua suhteessa muihin, jotka tarjoavat samoja tuotteita tai palveluja tai olet olennaisesti laiminlyönyt velvollisuuksiasi suorittaa veroja tai lakisääteisiä maksuja. Tuen saaminen ei ole mahdollista, jos edustamasi organisaatio on EU:n valtiontukien yleisessä ryhmäpoikkeusasetuksessa tarkoitettu vaikeuksissa oleva yritys tai sitä koskee Euroopan komission päätökseen perustuva maksamaton perintämääräys, jossa tuki on julistettu sääntöjen vastaiseksi tai sisämarkkinoille soveltumattomaksi. Tukea on mahdollista saada irtisanomisista tai lomautuksista huolimatta, kun työsuhteessa olevien työntekijöiden määrä palkkatuen hakemisen hetkellä on vähintään yhtä suuri kuin työtekijöiden irtisanomisen tai lomauttamisen ajankohtana. Tuki ei saa heikentää palveluksessasi olevien työntekijöiden asemaa. Jos tuella palkattu siirtyy liikkeen luovutuksen, yhteisön sulautumisen tai jakautumisen taikka yhteisöjen yhdistymisen takia toisen työnantajan palvelukseen kesken palkkatukijakson, tuki työntekijän vastaanottavalle työnantajalle voidaan myöntää siksi ajaksi, joka luovuttavalle työnantajalle myönnetyn palkkatukijakson kestosta on jäljellä. Vastaanottavan työnantajan on toimitettava palkkatukihakemus kuntakokeilulle kuukauden kuluessa tuella palkatun siirtymisestä luovutuksensaajan tai vastaanottavan yhteisön palvelukseen. Palkkatukea ei makseta sinulle, jos * et noudata tukipäätöksen ehtoja, * tuen myöntämisen jälkeen selviää, etteivät tuen myöntämisen edellytykset täyty tai * tukea on myönnetty virheellisesti, liikaa tai perusteettomasti.

Where and how to get help

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto · Visit in person

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto, Asematie 1

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Asematie 1 69100

Phone: 358 68745111 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Kuntalaisneuvonta · Visit in person

Palvelupaikassa opastetaan yleisesti Toholammin kunnan palveluita ja ohjataan oikean viranomaisen luo.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Lampintie 5 69300

Phone: 358 401505200 · Puhelusta peritään tavanomainen pvm/mpm. Ei maksullinen palvelunumero.

Enterprise Finland Advisory Service →

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Enterprise Finland Advisory Service · TelephoneService

Enterprise Finland Advisory Service provides assistance in general matters related to establishing a company and guidance to contact other services.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 295020500 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Perhon kunnan Asiointipiste · Visit in person

Asiointipisteessä saatavilla lomakkeita ja asiointipisteeseen voi jättää Kelan hakemuksia.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Keskustie 2 69950

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Vetelin kunnanvirasto · Visit in person

Vetelin kunnanvirasto palvelee kansalaisia, yrityksiä ja viranomaisia. Virastolla voi asioida mm. hallinto- ja talousasioissa sekä lupa-asioissa.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Kivihyypäntie 1 69700

Phone: 358 505790100 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Pay subsidy to support job seeking

A pay subsidy is an economic benefit that the employment services may grant an employer to cover the costs of hiring a job seeker.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

A pay subsidy is an economic benefit that the employment services may grant an employer to cover the costs of hiring an unemployed job seeker and the time spent for guiding the new employee. For you, the pay subsidy provides an opportunity to find a job for which your education is not completely sufficient or to find a job even if you suffer from a disability or an illness that affects the performance of your duties at work. Work supported by pay subsidy always involves a normal employment relationship or an apprenticeship. The employment relationship may be valid for a fixed or a non-fixed time, and the job may be full-time or part-time. You receive a salary in accordance with an applicable collective agreement or, if no applicable collective agreement exists, a prevalent and reasonable salary for the job in question.

How to use it

After registering with the employment services as an unemployed job seeker, you and an expert of the employment services assess and agree whether your employment may be supported by a pay subsidy granted to the employer. The possibility for work supported by pay subsidy is included in your employment plan. If you require a certificate stating the possibility to receive a pay subsidy to support your job seeking, you may be provided with a pay subsidy card. The card will be valid for three months at a time. Seek a job actively by yourself. Contact interesting employers and apply for vacancies. Remember to mention to the employer that a pay subsidy may be granted to cover the costs of hiring you. If you receive a job, ask your employer to contact the employment services and to submit the pay subsidy application well in advance before the start of the employment relationship. Your employment relationship may start only after the employment services has granted a pay subsidy to the employer. In addition, the employment services may offer you work supported by pay subsidy.

Conditions

The employer may receive a pay subsidy only for hiring a person who has registered with the employment services as an unemployed job seeker. The employment services may grant a pay subsidy for your pay costs if * it contributes to your employment * it has been agreed upon in your employment plan * the employer and your employment relationship meet the requirements of receiving a pay subsidy or * the required funds are available to the employment services

Where and how to get help

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto · Visit in person

Kannuksen kaupunginvirasto, Asematie 1

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Asematie 1 69100

Phone: 358 68745111 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Työmarkkinatorin henkilöasiakkaan chat · Website

Chatista saat apua verkkopalvelujen käyttöön liittyvissä kysymyksissä.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Kuntalaisneuvonta · Visit in person

Palvelupaikassa opastetaan yleisesti Toholammin kunnan palveluita ja ohjataan oikean viranomaisen luo.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Finnish

Visit address: Lampintie 5 69300

Phone: 358 401505200 · Puhelusta peritään tavanomainen pvm/mpm. Ei maksullinen palvelunumero.

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Perhon kunnan Asiointipiste · Visit in person

Asiointipisteessä saatavilla lomakkeita ja asiointipisteeseen voi jättää Kelan hakemuksia.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Keskustie 2 69950

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Job Market Finland's “E-services” section for personal customers · Online service

The 'E-services' section is the electronic transaction channel of employment services at Job Market Finland.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Recruiting an employee from Europe

The EURES service and the EURES Advisers of employment services will help you recruit employees from EU and EEA countries.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

The EURES (European Employment Services) service will help you when you want to recruit an employee from an EU/EEA country. The EURES Advisers at the TE Office will give you advice and help you to plan and execute the recruitment process and select the target country. They will also initiate the recruitment process together with the EURES service of the target country. The EURES Advisers can reply to job posting enquiries on your behalf, accept applications and make pre-selections with you. EURES organises various recruitment events in EU and EEA countries. You can participate in them yourself or a EURES Adviser can present your vacancy on your behalf. In addition, EURES Advisers can organise an interview or information event abroad and guide foreign employees in matters related to migration and Finnish working life. You can also use the EURES portal to report job vacancies and browse the job seekers’ profiles. In addition, you can publish a job vacancy on the different national job vacancy sites. The first EURES job programme is intended for young job seekers and employers. It provides you with financial support to cover the costs of setting up and training a young employee. The aim of the programme is to help young people under 35 find a job, traineeship or apprenticeship in another member state and to help you find the professional competence your organisation needs. Once you have found a suitable employee for your company from abroad, you can acquire Finnish or Swedish language training together with employment services. Workplace Finnish or Swedish joint procurement training is customised language training for each company and its objective is to support the employee’s professional competence, learning the professional vocabulary needed in the work and integration into the work community. Your company’s share of the training costs is 30–50 per cent, depending on the company’s size and balance sheet or turnover.

How to use it

Contact a EURES Adviser of the employment services. For more information on launching recruitment, the support services, coaching and training, and using the EURES portal, contact a EURES Adviser. You can also agree with the Adviser on participation in recruitment events.

Conditions

You can use the EURES service if you have not found a suitable employee in Finland or otherwise need help to recruit an employee from Europe.

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Recruitment training

Recruitment training is a good option if you cannot find competent employees and skilled personnel will not be graduating soon in your field.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

Recruitment training is a good option if you cannot find competent employees and skilled personnel will not be graduating soon in your field. Recruitment training • is tailored to the needs of your company • lasts, as a general rule, 3–9 months – the minimum duration is 10 training days • gives the students professional skills for specific tasks depending on the employer’s needs • can be planned also in cooperation with more than one employer. Recruitment training is working life oriented. The goal can be additional or further education or training aimed at a change of profession. The training includes knowledge-based teaching and guided on-the-job learning. The students who complete the training successfully will be employed by your company. Employment can also take place in a temporary work agency or as an entrepreneur on the basis of a principal-contractor relationship with the employer.

How to use it

1. Contact your local employment services. 2. Prepare a proposal for pooled training. If possible, use the online form. 3. The handler of your proposal will evaluate the training needs of the persons to be recruited and you will prepare a preliminary training plan for your company together. 4. Once the training plan is drawn up, your proposal’s handler will ask quotes from the trainer candidates in accordance with the public procurement procedures. You will select the trainer together with the handler of your proposal. The handler will procure the trainer in accordance with the public procurement procedures while considering the employer’s wishes. A procurement contract is made on the implementation of the training. 5. You will agree together on the marketing of the training and how the company is presented in the communication. 6. You will agree with the trainer and your proposal’s handler on the selection of students. Aptitude assessments, tests and the services of other experts may also be used in the student selection. 7. The schedules, contents and on-the-job learning opportunities included in the training are implemented in accordance with the set objectives and the procurement contract. 8. The parties monitor and assess the implementation of the training together. 9. As the employer, you will sign an employment contract with the students who have completed the training successfully.

Conditions

No qualifications or partial degrees are completed during the training. Recruitment training is intended for an employer or a group of several employers who need new competent employees. The training is also suitable for employers in the public sector. This is a discretionary service. The recruitment training is not to be used for the financing of regular orientation and personnel training for which the employer is the cost bearer or of training that employers must organise in order to comply with the national training standards.

Fee details

The employer will not incur any other costs.

Where and how to get help

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Registering as a job seeker

When you register as a job seeker, you start your job search and customer relationship with the employment services.

Published by: Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Regional organisation

Description language: English

Coverage: Selected municipalities, regions or wellbeing services counties

About this service

Description

Most of the employment services are provided for people who have registered as job seekers. As a customer of employment services, experts will advise and guide you in applying for work and choosing the right services. The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (Kela) and unemployment funds pay unemployment security only to persons who have registered as job seekers. The local employment services will issue a statement on the matter to the payer of the benefit. Register as a customer and start searching for jobs primarily in the E-services of JobMarket-website. If you cannot identify yourself in the service, call the general advisory service for personal customers or visit the office of employment services. Register as a job seeker at the latest on your first day of unemployment or lay-off. You can also start job seeking even if you have a job. When you want to end your job search or your situation changes in some other way, report it in the E-services of JobMarket-website.

How to use it

Register as a job seeker at the latest on your first day of unemployment or lay-off. When you register as a job seeker, you must describe your work experience, training and competence. Gather this information from your certificates. In order to receive unemployment security, you must accurately record the details of the work you have performed for the purpose of the statement. The registration method depends on the country in which you are a citizen, and whether you are registering as a job seeker for the first time. ### Finnish citizen Start your job search in the E-services of JobMarket. You may also register as a job seeker by phone if your identity can be verified on the basis of your customer data for example. ### EU/EEA citizen If you have a Finnish personal identity code, start your job search in the E-services of JobMarket. You may also register as a job seeker by phone if the contents of your residence permit card are up to date and your identity can be verified on the basis of your customer data, for example. The employment services will contact you in order to arrange an initial interview. For the initial assessment referred to in the Act on the Promotion of Immigrant Integration and the preparation of an integration plan, you must present a certificate of registration of the residence of an EU citizen or a residence card for a family member of an EU citizen. ### Citizen of some other country holding a residence permit Fill in the registration form and send it to the employment services. You will be registered as a job seeker if you have been granted a residence permit and you have the right to work in Finland. If you do not have a valid residence permit but have applied for an extended residence permit, the employment services will check whether you can register as a job seeker. You can also register as a job seeker by phone if the contents of your residence permit card are up to date in our system and your identity can be verified on the basis of your customer data, for example. The employment services will contact you and agree with you on organising an initial interview and job search discussions. ### Ukrainian citizen Those who have fled the war in Ukraine can work in Finland without restrictions after receiving a residence permit on the basis of temporary protection.

Conditions

You can register as a job seeker using strong identification in the E-services of JobMarket. If you do not have online banking codes, a mobile certificate or an identity card with a microchip, you can call the general advisory service for personal customers or visit the employment services.

Where and how to get help

Job Market Finland's “E-services” section for personal customers · Online service

The 'E-services' section is the electronic transaction channel of employment services at Job Market Finland.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Employment services, Kokkola service point, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · Visit in person

Our office serves at Kallentori Mon−Wed from 9−12 and from 13−15.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Visit address: Pitkänsillankatu 15 67100

Visit address: Kappelintie 13 69601

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Verkkosivut, Työllisyyspalvelut, Kokkolan kaupunki · Website

Verkkosivuiltamme löydät tietoa työllisyyspalveluista työnhakijoille ja työnantajille.

Description: Finnish · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.

Phone service, Central Ostrobothnia Employment Region · TelephoneService

You can contact us by phone.

Description: English · Service languages: Swedish, English, Finnish

Phone: 358 68289800 · Charged

Check the official service page for current hours, exceptions, identification requirements and further contact details.